For three good reasons I kicked off my SWF 2015 on Friday night with a premium ticket (yep it was worth every cent) to the Town Hall to hear publishing juggernaut James Patterson in conversation with Ray Martin. First of all, who doesn’t want to hear what the world’s best-selling author has to say? […]

If you like novels with a rural setting, full of earth and horses, this one’s for you! Cate Carlton, narrator of In the Quiet, is dead but not ready to move on. She can’t remember how she died and lingers in a dreamlike, in-between place—gone, yet somehow still anchored in this world. We accompany her […]

My bro and dad spotted this evidence on the ground at the end of January 2015 and I took a couple of photos. The hive was basket-shaped. It can be difficult to photograph because of its location very high up in a tree. At times, the sun is directly behind it. I was interested to […]

In 1958 American artist Garth Williams wrote and illustrated The Rabbits’ Wedding. Aimed at children aged 3 to 7, it’s a sweet story about a male black rabbit and a female white rabbit who enjoy hanging out together having a lot of fun. They realise they love each other and end up getting married. Too […]

This suspenseful psychological thriller by award-winning Aussie crime writer Honey Brown (Red Queen, The Good Daughter, Through the Cracks) is a frighteningly realistic page-turner about the aftermath of trauma and violence — a story of a good day gone very bad. A snap decision to make a detour to an isolated art gallery on the […]